Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Enclosure
Tooreenealagh, County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Tooreenealagh
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 51.99188, -9.97682
- SMR number
- KE071-079----
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4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1790 map "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1790 · Composite: Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1841 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1869 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
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The National Monuments Service's description
Enclosure identified and described by John Loesberg as; 'On slope abutting rockface NW of Coomnagrossaun lake. Enclosure featuring two dry stone walls c. 1.2m high. One wall connects with the cliff/rockface at a straight angle being 1.1m wide. The second wall runs parallel with the rockface and rounds off to join it. Interior space c. 8m wide by 4m in depth. Resembles cattle/sheep enclosure but is situated in very remote and quite inaccessible location at the back of the lake'.
Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien based on details provided by John Loesberg
Date of upload: 7 October 2022
Nearby in the register
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.